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James Taylor

James Taylor Guitar Lessons

James Taylor Guitar Lessons
James Taylor Guitar Lessons

Learn how to play the songs by James Taylor note-for-note on guitar with The James Taylor Guitar Lessons. Each lesson includes the playthru, video lesson, songsheet with chords and tab.

Click on any of the song titles to see a clip from the start of the lesson. (The free one you can download in its entirety.)

You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll also receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.

The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.

They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. .

If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone, please read here.

James Taylor  -  A Junkie's Lament
James Taylor - A Junkie's Lament
Intermediate - 261 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Another Day
James Taylor - Another Day
Intermediate - 262 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Anywhere Like Heaven
James Taylor - Anywhere Like Heaven
Intermediate - 196 Mb
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James Taylor  -  B.S.U.R.
James Taylor - B.S.U.R.
Intermediate - 280 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Bartender’s Blues
James Taylor - Bartender’s Blues
Easy - 195 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Believe It Or Not
James Taylor - Believe It Or Not
Intermediate - 324 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Blossom
James Taylor - Blossom
Advanced - 219 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Brighten Your Night With My Day
James Taylor - Brighten Your Night With My Day
Intermediate - 284 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Carolina In My Mind
James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind
Advanced - 242 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Chili Dog
James Taylor - Chili Dog
Intermediate - 223 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Circle Round The Sun
James Taylor - Circle Round The Sun
Intermediate - 245 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Copperline
James Taylor - Copperline
Intermediate - 275 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Country Road
James Taylor - Country Road
Advanced - 260 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Daddy’s All Gone
James Taylor - Daddy’s All Gone
Advanced - 397 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Daddy’s Baby
James Taylor - Daddy’s Baby
Advanced - 390 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Intermediate - 253 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Don’t Talk Now
James Taylor - Don’t Talk Now
Intermediate - 231 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Enough To Be On Your Way
James Taylor - Enough To Be On Your Way
Intermediate - 619 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Fading Away
James Taylor - Fading Away
Intermediate - 347 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Fire and Rain
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Intermediate - 185 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Golden Moments
James Taylor - Golden Moments
Intermediate - 270 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Gorilla
James Taylor - Gorilla
Intermediate - 283 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Greensleeves
James Taylor - Greensleeves
Intermediate - 110 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Handy Man
James Taylor - Handy Man
Intermediate - 312 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Her Town Too
James Taylor - Her Town Too
Intermediate - 356 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Hey Mister That’s Me Up On The Jukebox
James Taylor - Hey Mister That’s Me Up On The Jukebox
Intermediate - 341 Mb
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James Taylor  -  I Was a Fool To Care
James Taylor - I Was a Fool To Care
Advanced - 391 Mb
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James Taylor  -  If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight
James Taylor - If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight
Intermediate - 353 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Instrumental 1
James Taylor - Instrumental 1
Easy - 176 Mb
Price: $3.97
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James Taylor  -  Instrumental 2
James Taylor - Instrumental 2
Intermediate - 309 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Knocking Round The Zoo
James Taylor - Knocking Round The Zoo
Intermediate - 206 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Lighthouse
James Taylor - Lighthouse
Intermediate - 274 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Like Everyone She Knows
James Taylor - Like Everyone She Knows
Intermediate - 627 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Line 'em Up
James Taylor - Line 'em Up
Intermediate - 307 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Lo and Behold
James Taylor - Lo and Behold
Advanced - 246 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Long Ago and Far Away
James Taylor - Long Ago and Far Away
Intermediate - 125 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Looking For Love On Broadway
James Taylor - Looking For Love On Broadway
Intermediate - 260 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Love Songs
James Taylor - Love Songs
Advanced - 808 Mb
Price: $6.97
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James Taylor  -  Machine Gun Kelly
James Taylor - Machine Gun Kelly
Intermediate - 284 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Me and My Guitar
James Taylor - Me and My Guitar
Intermediate - 349 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Mexico
James Taylor - Mexico
Advanced - 256 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Migration
James Taylor - Migration
Intermediate - 329 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Millworker
James Taylor - Millworker
Intermediate - 286 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Mud Slide Slim
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim
Intermediate - 483 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Music
James Taylor - Music
Intermediate - 344 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Never Die Young
James Taylor - Never Die Young
Intermediate - 457 Mb
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James Taylor  -  New Tune
James Taylor - New Tune
Intermediate - 288 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Nobody But You
James Taylor - Nobody But You
Intermediate - 284 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Oh Susanna
James Taylor - Oh Susanna
Intermediate - 315 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  One Man Parade
James Taylor - One Man Parade
Intermediate - 273 Mb
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James Taylor  -  One Morning In May
James Taylor - One Morning In May
Intermediate - 279 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Only a Dream in Rio
James Taylor - Only a Dream in Rio
Intermediate - 450 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Rainy Day Man
James Taylor - Rainy Day Man
Intermediate - 241 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Riding on a Railroad
James Taylor - Riding on a Railroad
Intermediate - 230 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Sarah Maria
James Taylor - Sarah Maria
Advanced - 192 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Secret o'Life
James Taylor - Secret o'Life
Advanced - 197 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Shed a Little Light
James Taylor - Shed a Little Light
Intermediate - 350 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Shower The People
James Taylor - Shower The People
Intermediate - 282 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Soldiers & Isn’t It Nice To Be Home Again
James Taylor - Soldiers & Isn’t It Nice To Be Home Again
Intermediate - 376 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Something In The Way She Moves
James Taylor - Something In The Way She Moves
Advanced - 289 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Something’s Wrong
James Taylor - Something’s Wrong
Intermediate - 214 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Song For You Far Away
James Taylor - Song For You Far Away
Intermediate - 253 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Steamroller
James Taylor - Steamroller
Advanced - 340 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Suite For 20G
James Taylor - Suite For 20G
Advanced - 541 Mb
Price: $6.97
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James Taylor  -  Sunny Skies
James Taylor - Sunny Skies
Intermediate - 198 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Sunshine Sunshine
James Taylor - Sunshine Sunshine
Intermediate - 215 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Sweet Baby James
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Intermediate - 239 Mb
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James Taylor  -  Teach Me Tonight
James Taylor - Teach Me Tonight
Intermediate - 272 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Terra Nova
James Taylor - Terra Nova
Intermediate - 345 Mb
Price: $6.97
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James Taylor  -  That's Why I'm Here
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here
Intermediate - 319 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  The Blues is Just a Bad Dream
James Taylor - The Blues is Just a Bad Dream
Advanced - 410 Mb
Price: $6.97
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James Taylor  -  The Frozen Man
James Taylor - The Frozen Man
Advanced - 362 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  The Water is Wide
James Taylor - The Water is Wide
Intermediate - 490 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Up On The Roof
James Taylor - Up On The Roof
Intermediate - 286 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Walking Man
James Taylor - Walking Man
Advanced - 269 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Walking My Baby Back Home
James Taylor - Walking My Baby Back Home
Intermediate - 305 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Wandering
James Taylor - Wandering
Intermediate - 226 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  With a Little Help From My Friends
James Taylor - With a Little Help From My Friends
Intermediate - 169 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  You Can Close Your Eyes
James Taylor - You Can Close Your Eyes
Intermediate - 289 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  You've Got a Friend
James Taylor - You've Got a Friend
Intermediate - 369 Mb
Price: $5.97
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James Taylor  -  Your Smiling Face
James Taylor - Your Smiling Face
Advanced - 285 Mb
Price: $5.97
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The James Taylor Collection Vol 1
The James Taylor Collection Vol 1
Price: $32.97
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The James Taylor Collection Vol 2
The James Taylor Collection Vol 2
Price: $32.97
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The James Taylor Collection Vol 3
The James Taylor Collection Vol 3
Price: $38.97
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Comments

  1. Jim B Cole says

    October 2, 2022 at 7:09 am

    Hey Jerry…any chance you’ll do JT’s, “Nothing Like a Hundred Miles?” Your videos are compelling!

    Reply
  2. Jon Martin says

    July 11, 2021 at 4:25 am

    Hi Jerry – I’ll throw in another pitch for JT’s Traveling Star. Particularly beautiful chord voicings and interesting transition moves on that one. There are a couple of weak tutorials to be found on You Tube, but none of them nail the nuances that I know you could nail that make those progressions so cool.

    Reply
    • Doug Beebe says

      July 14, 2021 at 1:20 am

      Agree! Would love to nail that one down. Gorilla too! There’s a great recording on the Steel City concert from 1976. I know it’s a simple tune but he does some amazing playing on it.

      Reply
      • Elyse says

        January 1, 2022 at 4:34 pm

        I would love to see a tutorial for Traveling Star. Thanks for all the JT goodness.

        Reply
  3. Jonathan Dilks says

    February 24, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    Hi Jerry – Just wanted to take this opportunity to offer thanks for all that you do; your tutorials are simply wonderful! I am a huge JT fan and it’s always a thrill when you a JT tune is covered by you. My favourite album of all time has always been One Man Dog (I was able to tell this to Peter Asher, its producer, last year and he was really appreciative) and I have just learnt ‘One Morning in May’ to add to all the other tunes from that album you’ve done thus far – thank you. If you ever get round to doing ‘One Man Parade’ I’d be hugely appreciative.

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      February 24, 2021 at 3:30 pm

      Funnily enough One Man Parade is the next JT song to be done.
      It’ll be ready in 3 weeks or so I’d guess.
      Great song!

      Reply
      • Jonathan Dilks says

        February 26, 2021 at 12:58 pm

        You absolute legend! I think quite a few of you’re recent JT songs have not always featured in your upcoming list. As a result, when the do appear, they come as a very pleasant surprise. Thanks so much.

        Reply
  4. Paul A Moser says

    February 20, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    Hello,
    Got “like everyone she knows” a couple weeks ago as I really love the intro. Got all the notes ok – putting them together with right rhythm a little more challenging :-) but i’m getting there. If a guy can’t learn a piece with your lessons it’s time to try something else.

    Reply
  5. Steve says

    February 17, 2021 at 1:46 am

    Hi Jerry. Thanks for all the great lessons, JT is my all time favourite. Any plans to do Terra Nova? I’ve never been able to quite figure out the intro.

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      February 17, 2021 at 7:56 am

      Hi Steve. Yep, I am planning to do that one.

      Reply
      • Steve- Gibson says

        February 20, 2021 at 4:28 pm

        That’s great news! Glad to hear it’s on the list.

        Reply
  6. Ashton Rowan says

    January 24, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Hey Jerry, thank you so much for your tutorial on You Can Close Your Eyes. It helped me to learn my favorite James Taylor song! Your lesson on You’ve Got a Friend was also terrific. It would be greatly appreciated if you could make a lesson for Lighthouse. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      January 24, 2021 at 9:51 pm

      Thanks Ashton.
      I will be doing Lighthouse.

      Reply
      • Doug Beebe says

        January 31, 2021 at 1:50 pm

        Lighthouse! Fantastic! Looking forward to that one.

        Reply
  7. Doug Beebe says

    November 17, 2020 at 1:56 am

    Couple of JT suggestions:

    Line ‘em Up from Hourglass
    My Traveling Star from October Road

    Reply
  8. Joseph Dresser says

    September 7, 2020 at 9:02 am

    September grasss please!!!! Love your lessons.

    Reply
    • tom says

      February 26, 2021 at 5:40 am

      yes..traveling star/september grass!!

      Reply
      • jakie says

        June 21, 2021 at 9:06 pm

        October road from october road would be such a blast to learn from you!

        Reply
  9. Brent Sclafani says

    August 14, 2020 at 2:54 am

    Jerry have you considered “One Morning in May?”

    Reply
  10. Doug Beebe says

    July 27, 2020 at 11:21 pm

    Hi Jerry! Thanks for the JT lessons. They have really unlocked some blocks I had playing one of my favorite artists. How about “Music” from Gorilla?

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      July 28, 2020 at 8:43 am

      Music is going to be the next JT song.

      Reply
      • Doug Beebe says

        July 30, 2020 at 1:33 pm

        Great news! Thanks!

        Reply
  11. KDAVID MEDINA says

    July 9, 2020 at 11:53 pm

    aloha jerry
    i realize your to-do list of songs is long. if and when you come around to doing james taylor’s “as easy as falling off a log” please notify me via e-mail. mahalo.
    and thank you for paul simon’s “american tune”. i have almost completed it.
    respectfully,
    kdavid

    Reply
  12. Roger Wall says

    June 24, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Hey Jerry, I appreciate the James Taylor lessons. Keep it up, plenty of great songs to chose from. Lighthouse would be a good one.

    Thanks
    Roger

    Reply
  13. Tom McCaslin says

    February 24, 2020 at 3:09 am

    Got to admit Jerry, my playing has progressed a lot thanks to your lessons. I am a James Taylor fan. One that is missing from your JT collection is the song Our Town from the Pixar movie Cars.

    The song is classic James Taylor with a beautiful guitar arrangement. There are a couple of nice covers out on YouTube, but I really need you to work your magic and produce a tab on this one.

    Thanks for your awesome work.

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      February 24, 2020 at 8:20 am

      Hi Tom
      I have a large number of JT songs already committed to, but when I’m through them I’m sure I can get to this one.

      Reply
  14. Jeb Farneth says

    January 11, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    Hello jerry, I recently purchased James Taylor’s song “lo and behold” but I printed out the tab and deleted the videos by accident is there any way I can retrieve the video lessons? Thanks

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      January 11, 2019 at 2:52 pm

      Hi Jeb. I’ll send the link by email.

      Reply

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